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LBG Investigated By Border Agency
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Date: 10th Nov 2009
Lloyds Banking Group has been flying Indian staff to the UK to do the work of UK-based IT staff.
Since we highlighted this issue thousands of members have written to their MP's asking for their support to help protect the jobs of Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) staff. In a standard response sent to all MP's, the Bank has continued to peddle the line that the numbers of Indian staff flown to the UK are small. In the letter the Group says "At any one time, some of the staff from these companies will be based in the UK........". That's being economical with the truth. The Group has known for some time that 1,300 Indian contractors have been flown to the UK to do the work of IT staff and many of those have been moving from project to project and have worked for the Group for many months, if not years.
We also understand that at least one MP has received a letter from the UK Border Agency regarding the Groups's policy of replacing existing UK based IT-staff by non-European Economic Area (EEA) nationals. The Chief Executive of the Border Agency has said that the concerns raised by the MP in respect of the Lloyds Banking Group are being investigated by the UK Border Control's Intelligence and Sponsor Management Units.
Mark Brown, Assistant General Secretary, said “The basis on which Indian staff are being employed and flown to the UK is something we are investigating; to ensure that there are no breaches of existing border controls”.
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